FIA fails to fetch money-laundering evidence against Dr. Qadri

LAHORE- Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) failed to notch up any evidence of money-laundering against Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) Chief Dr. Tahir-ul-Qadri. A 100-page FIA report in this regard, has been dispatched to the Interior Ministry.

It should be mentioned here that the FIA is persistently straining its muscles to investigate the assets of Dr. Qadri at home and abroad. However, According to the FIA officials, the hitherto completed investigations could not find any evidence concerning the charge of money-laundering against Dr. Tahir-ul-Qadri.

The officials, however, added that some clues with regard to tax evasion came to the FIA’s notice during the investigations.

According to sources, the FIA also took recourse to Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to delve into all the details of bank accounts owned by Minhaj-ul-Quran International and Dr. Tahir-ul-Qadri.

According to the FIA officials, no case can be lodged against Dr. Qadri merely on the basis of clues of tax evasions. Instead, he may be heavily fined, the officials suggested.